@article{Chantorn:151404,
      recid = {151404},
      author = {Chantorn, Charapon},
      title = {Why Do Livestock Farmers Participate in Voluntary  Environmental Programs? An Empirical Study of the Michigan  Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP)},
      address = {2013},
      number = {1097-2016-88703},
      series = {Michigan State University>Department of Agricultural,  Food, and Resource Economics>Graduate Research Master's  Degree Plan B Papers},
      pages = {71},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {Previous studies have identified regulatory preemption and  differentiation as two main motives for participation in  voluntary environmental programs (VEPs). This research  examines the motivations of livestock farmers to  participate in the Michigan Agricultural Environmental  Assurance Program (MAEAP). It employs a signaling model of  interaction between the regulator and livestock farmers  under imperfect information to analyze the potential  equilibria of participation decisions in VEPs. Data from a  survey of livestock farmers in Michigan is analyzed to test  hypotheses regarding the realized equilibrium in MAEAP  participation. The results suggest that livestock farmers  who are interested in regulatory preemption are more likely  to be MAEAP-verified while those who are interested in  differentiation are less likely to be verified at the time  of the survey. Consistent with the model predictions under  the regulatory preemption equilibrium, MAEAP-certified  farms also perceived more stringent enforcement effort by  the regulators.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/151404},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.151404},
}